Re: on adding a function call to a s-exp

["Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>]

On 13.06.2018 12:44, João Távora wrote:
> Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> 
>> FWIW (he ducks), I work with a Lispy language, Elisp ;-).  And I
>> don't use any "structured-editing" feature (crutch / ball-&-chain)
>> such as `paredit' or `electric-pair-mode'.  I'm non-electric all
>> the way.
>>
>> To me, having an editor automatically insert a closing delimiter
>> each time I type an opening delimiter is a bother, not an aid.
> 
> For the sake of improving electric-pair-mode, can you explain exactly
> when/under what conditions it is a bother?
> 
> I'm asking because that's precisely what electric-pair-mode attempts: It
> *doesn't* insert a closing delimiter "each time", only when it guesses
> that it will not bother you.  If it is mis-guessing some situation I
> would very much like to know about it.
> 
> João
> 

Hi João,

after being interested resp. impressed by electric behavior at earlier 
times, finally switched off all electric in all modes.

Coding circumstances are a way too complex to foresee all reliably. In 
the result electric might work mostly but never completely. If it fails, 
you might have for switch it off. Which needs to identify which electric 
caused it. This will be a pain for the beginner, it breaks the workflow 
in any case.

Cheers,

Andreas